Jan 13, 2015

This elk bull was photographed by Lisa Carter on New Year’s Day in the Heart Mountain area between Road 20 and Road 21 off Lane 10. It was in a barley field harvested last summer, said Ben McDonald.

“We normally have elk about one or two miles away up on the mountain this time of year,” McDonald said. “I imagine this bull is just ranging looking for easy winter feed. This is the first elk we have seen on our property in the nine years that we have lived there.”